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Database System Concepts

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Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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What advantage does inline assembly code offer over the use of external assembly language
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Step 1: Advantages of inline assembly code

Inline assembly code:

The Inline assembly code is the source code of an assembly language that is inserted directly into high level language programs.

Advantages of inline assembly code:

The inline assembly code offers the following advantages over the use of external assembly language procedures,

The primary advantage is its simplicity because there are no external linking issues, naming problems, and parameter passing protocols the programmer needs to take care of.
The inline code can execute more quickly, because it avoids the extra execution time required for calling and returning from an assembly language procedure.

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